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Chirenje Shrine at Nkhoma Gallery


Title: Chirenje Shrine at Nkhoma

Description: Early Banthu settlers in Malawi believed in offering sacrifices to Chisumphi/Mphambe (All Mighty God) through ancestors to pray for needs of the society such as rain when there was drought, healing when there was outbreak of diseases and thanks giving when they had good crop harvest. Several shrines are found around Malawi with the mother shrine being Kapirintiwa found between Malawi and Mozambique border in Lilongwe. Chirenje shrine is one of the auxiliary shrines.

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